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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.18.36
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 36
- ity uktvā roṣa-tāmrākṣo
- vayasyān ṛṣi-bālakaḥ
- kauśiky-āpa upaspṛśya
- vāg-vajraṁ visasarja ha
itithus — thus; uktvāsaying — saying; roṣawith red-hot eyes due to being angry-tāmrawith red-hot eyes due to being angry-akṣaḥwith red-hot eyes due to being angry — with red-hot eyes due to being angry; vayasyānunto the playmates — unto the playmates; ṛṣithe son of a ṛṣi-bālakaḥthe son of a ṛṣi — the son of a ṛṣi; kauśikīthe River Kauśika — the River Kauśika; āpaḥwater — water; upaspṛśyaby touching — by touching; vākwords — words; vajramthunderbolt — thunderbolt; visasarjathrew — threw; hain the past — in the past.
The son of the ṛṣi, his eyes red-hot with anger, touched the water of the River Kauśika while speaking to his playmates and discharged the following thunderbolt of words.
The circumstances under which Mahārāja Parīkṣit was cursed were simply childish, as it appears from this verse. Śṛṅgi was showing his impudency amongst his playmates, who were innocent. Any sane man would have prevented him from doing such great harm to all human society. By killing a king like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, just to make a show of acquired brahminical power, the inexperienced son of a brāhmaṇa committed a great mistake.